You can use one-sided limits like ylim = c(0, NA), xlim = c(NA, 1) in ggplot2 and lattice >= 0.18 (approximately; the version with R 2.11.0 will do it).
-Felix On 16 June 2010 01:49, Ted Harding <ted.hard...@manchester.ac.uk> wrote: > Greetings! > I would like to be able to specify a fixed (say) lower limit > for plotting, while leaving the upper limit "floating, when > plotting. The context is that the maximum in the data to be > plotted is unpredictable, being the consequence of a simulation, > whereas I know that it cannot be less than (say) 0; and I want > to fix the lower limit at 0 in any plot, leaving the upper limit > to be assigned by plot() as a result of the computed values. > > I know I can do this by determining the max() of the data, and > then computing a "Ymax" to put in (say) ylim = c(0,Ymax). However, > for certain reasons, I would prefer not to have to do this. > (And it's just a preference ... ). > > Whereas one can leave the whole issue of setting both plotting > limits to plot(), by not specifying ylim (or xlim), or one can > explcitily specify both the upper and lower limits by (say) > ylim=c(Ymin,Ymax), there seems to be no way of fixing one and > leaving the other floating so that plot() would do its own thing. > > ylim requires two numbers to be given. Things like ylim=c(0,) > or ylim=c(0,NA) would generate an error. > > Am I chasing a phantom? Or is there a way? > ThanksTed. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <ted.hard...@manchester.ac.uk> > Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 > Date: 15-Jun-10 Time: 16:49:09 > ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------ > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Felix Andrews / 安福立 Integrated Catchment Assessment and Management (iCAM) Centre Fenner School of Environment and Society [Bldg 48a] The Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200 Australia M: +61 410 400 963 T: + 61 2 6125 4670 E: felix.andr...@anu.edu.au CRICOS Provider No. 00120C -- http://www.neurofractal.org/felix/ ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
